The Tweet Zone

“There were plenty of things in the world that deserved to stay dead, yet they walked.” Truth.

55.12 Zone One

I read this book along with the Twitter group #1book140, so while I finished reading it on October 10, 2012 I held off on posting until the group finished.

I discovered #1book140 over the summer and have just not had the time to commit to participating until this month, and since Zone One was in at the library I picked it up.  I liked interacting with the other readers on Twitter but it was pretty sparse.  The hard part for me is that I read things one at a time and Twitter is better for reactionary moments than for deeper analysis.  So I ended up reading the book much faster than the reading schedule and couldn’t remember specifics by the time the rest of the group was reacting.  Next time I will stick more to the schedule and try to bring up a point of discussion each day.  This month they are reading Wolf Hall, which I loved but have no desire to reread, so I won’t be participating but the great thing is you can do it or not as it works for you.

As far as the book goes, it is very well written if not particularly scary in the traditional way.  There are no big BOO! moments, even though I found the fortune teller near the end pretty creepy, and even the gross details are kept to a minimum.  The real scare here is how somewhat normal the zombies are.  There are two types: the skels who are violent and constantly in killing mode, and the stragglers who are not violent and trying to return to the place of their greatest glory and relive it for eternity – sound familiar? And then there are those humans left behind, still on the run and looking for safety.  But, as with all fear, is there ever a truly safe place to hide from the things trying to get you?  Do you retreat and hide or take it on, whatever the threat is? Sometimes you just have to sink or swim.